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BOTTLE STOPPBR. 1 No. 343,292. Patented June 8, 1886.

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WITNESSES,-

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDWIN o. BOUGHTON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE-STOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 343,292, dated June 8,1886.

Application filed November .23, 1885. Serial No. 183,598. No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN O. BOUGHTON, of the city. county and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inBottle-Stoppers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an improved stopper for beer and otherbottles, which has the advantage that it can be readily opened orclosed, and in which a cap with cork lining for closing the bottle-mouthcan be used; and the invention consists of a bottle-stopper formed of acap having a slotted shank and an interior elastic lining, a bailpassing transversely through the shank of the cap, a neckband havingeyes for the bail and upwardlyextending cheeks, and a bottle-neck havingbulging projections with inclined sides and straight lower edges, alongwhich the cheeks of the neck-band move when closing or opening thestopper.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures 1 and 2 represent a frontelevation and a side elevation of my improved bottle stopper, shown inclosed position. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section of the same, andFig. 4 a side view showing the stopper in open position.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

In the drawings, A represents a bottle, the neck A of which is providedat diametrically-opposite points with bulging projections a a, that aremade integral with the bottle. The projections a a are arranged withinclined sides and straight lower edges, as shown in Fig. 2. Asemicircular neck-band, B, has eyes I) b at the ends, and is attached bya fastening-wire, b, passing around the eyes tightly to the neck of thebottle. The neck-band B is provided at the ends with upwardly-projectingcheeks if, having rounded-off corners, so as to pass readily along theinclined sides of the bulging projections of the bottle-neck. A U-shapedbail, G, is pivoted by its inwardlybent lower ends to the eyes b b ofthe neckband C, and passed by its upper transverse part through theslotted shank d of a cupshaped cap, D, which is provided with aninterior elastic lining, D, that is preferably made of a disk of cork.Above the transverse part of the bail G is inserted in the slotted shankof the cap D, a piece of rubber, d, that acts as an elastic cushion andholds the bail in position in the transverse groove d of the cap, so asto prevent the wabbling and rattling of the same.

The stopper is closed by taking hold of the bail and turning the latter,together with the neck-band and cap on the bottle-neck, so that thechecks of the neck-band pass along the inclined sides of the bulgingprojections until they arrive at the straight lower parts of the same,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The cork lining is thereby pressed firmlyinto the bot tie-mouth and closes the bottle in a tight manner. Foropening the bottle the neck-band and hail are again turned on thebottle-neck in either direction until the cheeks clear the projectionand the neck band abuts on the cheeks, as shown in Fig. 4. The cap islifted sufliciently, so that it clears the bottle-mouth and can bethrown with the bail into open position at one side of the bottleneck,as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 4.

The advantage of my improved bottle-stopper is that with the same corkcan be used for the lining of the stopper, whereby the objection torubber-stoppers, which many people have, is obviated, while at the sametime the stopper can be conveniently opened and tightly closed.

Having thus described my invention, Iclaim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent-- 1. The combination of a bottle-neck having bulgingprojections at its sides, a neck-band having upwardly extending cheeks,a bail pivoted to said neck-band, and a cap pivoted to the bail andprovided with an elastic filling, substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of abottle-neck having bulging projections withinclined sides and straight lower edges, a neck band having eyes andchecks with rounded-off corners, a bail pivoted to the eyes of theneck-band, and a cap pivoted to the bail and having an elastic lining,substantially as set forth.

3. The combination of a neck-band having eyes, a bail pivoted to saideyes, a cap having a slotted shank, and an elastic cushion inserted intothe slotted shank above the bail, so as to retain the latter on thetransverse portion of the bail, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

Witnesses: EDIVIN O. BOUGHTON.

MARTIN PETRY, SIDNEY MANN;

